UK's Top Terrorism Adviser: Jewish Attacks 'Biggest Emergency'

0:00On April 30, the U.K.'s top terrorism adviser just called the surgeon attacks on Jewish people the biggest national security emergency in nearly a decade. Jonathan Hall says British Jews feel like they can't even live normal lives anymore, with incidents piling up fast. The latest hit Wednesday in Golders Green, North London, where two men got stabbed, a 34-year-old named Shloim Rand and AC, 76-year-old Mosha Shine. Police labelled it a terrorist attack right away and nabbed a 45-year-old British national who came from Somalia as a kid on attempted murder, charges. This comes amid a wave of violence against Jewish spots, like a deadly car ramming outside a Manchester synagogue last October that killed two, Arsene, on ambulances and synagogues and fire bombs tossed at community centers. Some secretary Shavanna Mahmoud pushed back on calling it a full national emergency, saying that term messes with democratic norms, but she insists.

1:00It's her top priority. The government stepping up with 25 million pounds extra for more police patrols, guards at synagogues, schools, and centers. Jewish leaders are sounding the alarm hard. Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mervis says if you're visibly Jewish, you're not safe, and they want real action on. The root causes of anti-semitism. Groups like the Board of Deputies demand the state hit back full force to punish and deter it. Meanwhile, opposition figures like Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp call it shameful and straight up an emergency, saying words aren't cutting it. Anymore, with tensions this high, everyone's watching how the government turns funding into real safety for communities under fire.